Today in Literary History

Friday, September 25, 2009

Journalism training is a great helper and a great weight. While writing, I find myself meticulously researching every nuance, from location to phrasing. There's certainly something to be said for truth, but there's also something to be gained from literary license. And I think I'm starting to get that.I'm also starting to realize how differently every writer approaches a book. Take Eileen Dryer, who writes both suspense and romance (as Kathleen Korbel). She is not a born researcher, in fact she was a nurse for 16 years and, she says,

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Writer, Freelance News Producer, wife and mother. I love mystery - both reading and writing it..."No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader." Robert Frost